My Joining "present" to the Society was a single bolster wagon, which I wasn't expecting so very gratefully received, but what would you actually use it for in real life?
I always assumed that they would come in pairs. ???
Indeed they would, but would it be fair to get two free bolster wagons while other people got only one free regular wagon?
Iirc the kit is for a single plank bolster wagon, so you could buy one (or more) to add to your free one for carrying long loads as a bolster wagon, use it singly as a bolster for supporting a crane's jig, or don't add the swivelling bolster to make a single plank / flat wagon, and I'm sure with some imagination more possibilities will present themselves (shunters runner, Engineer's / PW wagon...).
As David says new member's get a free wagon, but exactly which one depends on what is available at the time.
Use it to make one of those wagons for carrying big pieces of slate?
http://www.buccabury.co.uk/ltr/s03.jpg
Frank
Quote from: JulienW on June 27, 2021, 22:05
Iirc the kit is for a single plank bolster wagon, so you could buy one (or more) to add to your free one for carrying long loads as a bolster wagon...
Yes indeed it is for one and sorry if it sounded like I was asking for a second one. I couldn't work out why there were not sold as pairs which would I accept remove them from being a joining gift.
As it happens I was planning to use it for carrying a large barrel to my fireworks factory, but I think it is about to get a sibling and be used for transporting pipes to my proposed scrap yard layout.